Cigarette holder



Sept. 29, 1931. v, TREMBLAY A 1,825,490

C I GARETTE HOLDER Filed Oct; 24, 1930 Patented Sept. 29, 1931 MARIA v. TREMBLAY, or Winn/mimic, connnoriour CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed. October 24, 1330. Serial No. 4928,8581

My invention relates to cigarette holders and the main object is to provide a cigarette holder'including a handle member and cigarette engaging means thereon wherebya cigarette may be gripped intermediate its ends and smoked without touching it with the hands.

Another object is to provide a cigarette holder of the above character in which means is provided to cover the cigarette engaging means when the holder is not in use thereby allowing the holder to be carried in the pocket or handbag without imparting any odor to the contents of the same.

A further object is to provide a cigarette holder of the kind described in a simple and neat form.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the cigarette holder as closed when not in use.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the cigarette holder opened as in use, a cigarette being shown in the proper position in the holder.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section along the line 33 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section along the line 1-4 in Figure 2. v I

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmental sectional view of the handle of the cigarette holder showing a pocket formed therein for the reception of a lighter, matches or the like.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmental sec tional view of the cap of the cigarette holder showing a cigarette extinguishlng means thereon.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings the reference numeral 1 designates the handle or body part of my invention, the same being elongated in form and circular in cross sectionas shown. A tubular cap 2 is provided and the inner diameter thereof is such that it may be slipped over either end of the handle 1 and held in place thereon by friction, the end 3 of the said cap being closed.

Upon one end 4 of the handle 1 a cigarette gripping means 5 is provided and is formed of a generally U-shaped spring secured by its base 6 to the handle 1 and having its spaced jaws 7 and 8 extended outward there from. The jaws 7 and 8 normally converge so that a cigarette placed therebetween will be firmly held in place so that it may be smoked in the usual manner, the handle 1 serving as a means for conveying the cigarette to and from the month without actually touching the cigarette with the hands. The aw? is preferably corrugated as shown whereby a plurality of arcuate recesses or concavities 10 are provided to receive the cigarette 9, the other 8 being substantially straight and extended outward beyond the end of the jaw 7 whereby the jaws may be more conveniently forced apart to receive the cigarette.

In order to eject the cigarette 9 from the jaws 7 and 8 when desired I provide an ejector mechanism denoted generally at 11. To accommodate this ejector mechanism 11 the handle 1 is cut away or turned down for some distance near the end bearing thejaws 7 and 8 as shown to provide a reduced portion or neck 12 also circular in cross section. An enlarged shoulderor collar 13 is provided intermediate the ends of the reduced portion-0r neck 12, the. same being of the same outside diameter as the handle 1 and formed integral- 1y therewith as shown in the drawings or provided separately andsecured on-the neck as desired. ,This shoulder or collar '13 is provided with diametrically opposite slots 14, the inner edges ofwhich are aligned with the outer surface of the neck 12, the said slots l lsbeing preferably though not necessarily, -arcuate in shape 'in order to conform to the curvature of the said outer surface ofthe neck as shown'in Figure 3.. An annular band 15 is slidably mounted on the neck 12 and ejector prongs 16 are extended from one endface or this band, the said prongs being arcuate. in cross section and slidably mounted through the slotsl l and having their free ends bent outward as shown at 17. i The slots 14 are so disposed that the outwardly bent ends 1'? of the prongs 16 .will engage the cigarette at each side of the ,point at which it is held and push thesame outward from between the jaws 7 and 8 when the band'15 pushed toward the end of the handle 1 as will be understood. When not in use the ejector mechanism 11 and jaws 7 and 8 are covered and completely enclosed by the cap 2 which is placed over that end of the handle 1, said cap being of course slipped over the opposite end of the handle when the same is in use.

As shown in Figure the end of the handle 1 remote from that end carrying the cigarette holding and ejecting means may be provided with a bore 18 open at its end thus providing a pocket or receptacle in which a. small cigarette lighter or matches (not shown) may be carried. The end of the handle 1 is reduced and threaded at 19 toreceive the cap 20 by means of which the lighter or matches are held within the handle.

Figure 6 illustrates a further modification ofthe invention in which a cigarette extinguishing or muffing means is provided on the end of the cap 2. The end 3 of the said cap is provided with athreaded aperture 21 and the cigarette extinguishing means comprises a socket member 22 having a threaded eaten sion 23 adaptedto be threaded in the aperture 21 by means of which thesocket member is secured on the cap. The socket member 22 has a socket 24; into which the burning end of the cigarette maybe inserted, the cigarette being then extinguished or smothered for lack of air or draft in the usual manner. The cigarette extinguishing means may of course be formed integrally with the cap 2 if so desired.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a device with which all the operations of smoking may be carried out with the utmost convenience. A receptacle is provided for the lighter or matches for lighting the cigarette, a means isprovided to hold the cigarette while it is smoked, an ej ecting means is provided to eject'the cigarette fromthe said holding means and, finally, a means is provided to extinguish the cigarette after it has been smoked. The foregoing elements are all combined in a single, simple, neat and efiicient device and one which may be readily carried in the pocket orhand bag.

lVhile I have herein set forth a certain preferredembodiment of my invention-.itis understood that I may varyfrom the same in minor structural details, not departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. In a cigarette holder, a handle, cigarette gripping means on one end of the handle, the said cigarette gripping means comprising a U-shaped member including spacednormal- 1y converging spring jaws, and means upon thehandle for ejecting a cigarette from the said gripping means.

2. In a cigarette holder, a handle, a reduced neck portion at one end of the'handle, cigathe neck portion intermediate the ends therer of, thesaid shoulder having diametrically opposed slots parallel with the axis of the said neck, portion, a band slidably mounted on the neck portion, and ejector prongs on the band and extended through the said slots in the col lar toward the end of the neck portion.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature,

MARIA V. TREMBLAY. 

